High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread (Paperback)

from baystateRA

The stories in High Crime Area focus on people in dangerous, or potentially dangerous, situations. In some the danger is present and immediate, but in most, it's there in the sense of foreboding and dread, or growing panic, felt by the characters and the reader. In all of the stories, the charact...

from elizabeth.b.bevins

You can't go wrong with Oates. I'm not usually a short story reader but these kept my interest.

from Stahl-Ricco

Bam! 1st story of the collection, "The Home at Craigmillnar" is a 5 star, awesome read! "Demon" gave me a severe case of the hee-bee-geebies! And, "Toad Baby" sort of freaked me out! Sadly, I really didn't like "The Rescuer" - the longest story in the collection. And overall, I did not like the l...